Machine for cutting bread



UNITnn STATES WILLIAM B. VINCENT, OF

PATENT y OFFICE.

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING BREAD, SOAP, AND BLACK LEAD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. VINCENT, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and ImprovedMachine for Cutting Bread, Soap, and Black Lead 5 and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in a combination of a series ofrevolving cuttingwheels with a series of sliding troughs, into which thematerial to be cnt is placed.

The function of the machine is to cut into pieces or bars any softmaterial, as stove-polish, soap, bread, dto.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the drawings, Figure l is an isometrical perspective view, showingthe machine entire. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. 3 isan end elevation of the machine. Fig. 4 is a plan showing the ratchet uu and pinion X, which together form the device for moving the carriage CCl under the cuttingwheels W W W.

The frame F F F of my machine may be made of wood or any suitablematerial. Bolted to this frame are the housings H H', which contain theboxes B B in which the shaft A A runs. To the shaft A A are attached atregular intervals the cutting-wheels W W W, made of sheet iron or steel.

The shaft and cutting-wheels are made to revolve by a belt driving thepulley I', which, acting through the shaft Z and worm D, drives thepinion K, which, in its turn, by means of l the shaft M, drives thepinion G', and thus the gear-wheel G attached to the shaft A A' of thecutting-wheels.

E is a box in which' one end of the shaft Z runs.

C C is acarriage, the upper surface of which consists of aseries ofgrooves or troughs made of any desired form and dimension, into whichthe material to be cut is put. The partitions P P P, forming the sidesof these troughs, are cut through, as shown at t t t t, at intervals, tocorrespond with the intervals between the cutting-wheels, so that thecarriage the cutting-wheels, upon the rails R R and Rl Iii/l.

'Io the carriage is attached a ratchet, a u, and upon the shaft Y isfixed a pinion, X, which meshes into the ratchet u u when the carriage CCl is pushed forward, and carries it and the carriage under thecutting-wheels W W W.

The pinion X is driven b v means ofthe belt m, which connects thepulleys L and L.

The cutting-wheels W W W are raised and lowered at will by means of twopairs of set-screws, one pair of which, S and V, is shown in Fig. 3. Ofthe other pair, at the other end of the shaft, only one of the screws,S, is shown.

The operation of the machine is this: The troughs of the carriage arefilled with the material to be out-black lead, stove-polish in a plasticstate, bread, or soap, for instance-the carriage is pushed forward untilthe pinion X meshesinto the ratchet rmt',- then, thecuttingwheels beingin motion, the machine becomes self-acting and the material in thetroughs is cut into lengths corresponding to the intervals between thecnttingwheels, and the carriage is left in rear of the cutting-wheelsready to be taken away, emptied, and refilled for another operation.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination and arrangement of the cutting-wheels W WV YV Wlll withthe sliding trough C C', made substantially as and for the purpose setforth. p

WM. B. VINCENT.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM EDsoN, A. HUN BERRY.

may be passed forward and under the shaft of

